Reason magazine
Q&A Jeff Flake
IN 2017, SEN. Jeff Flake (R-Ariz.) announced he wouldn't seek reelection. He told his colleagues that \"we must stop pretending that the degradation of our politics and the conduct of some in our executive branch are normal. They are not normal.\"
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January 2026
Reason magazine
Discord Revolution in the Himalayas
THEY MARCHED TO defend free speech online and ended up reshaping a nation. In September 2025, young protesters opposing Nepal's social media ban triggered a political upheaval that brought Sushila Karki to power as the country's first woman prime minister—with much of the organizing happening on the messaging platform Discord.
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January 2026
Reason magazine
Ayn Rand Denounced FCC Censorship 60 Years Ago
AFTER JIMMY KIMMEL delivered a misinformed monologue about the assassination of Charlie Kirk, Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Chair Brendan Carr pressured broadcast channels to take the comedian off the air. Carr faced immediate pushback: Republican Sens. Rand Paul of Kentucky, Ted Cruz of Texas, and Dave McCormick of Pennsylvania all chastised Carr for trying to use his position to steer private companies' editorial decisions—a serious breach of free speech principles.
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January 2026
Reason magazine
Plastic Pollution to Practical Power
A RECENT INNOVATION could make it easier to transform plastic waste into usable products.
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January 2026
Reason magazine
What Would Bill Buckley Do?
THE NATIONAL REVIEW FOUNDER'S FLEXIBLE APPROACH TO POLITICS DEFINED CONSERVATISM AS WE KNOW IT.
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January 2026
Reason magazine
IS JAKE TAPPER DOOMED?
THE CNN ANCHOR ON THE WAR ON TERROR, THREATS TO FREE SPEECH, AND THE FUTURE OF MEDIA
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January 2026
Reason magazine
A Nostalgic Read for Foreign Policy Elites
IF YOU WERE looking for a human avatar of America's unipolar moment, you couldn't do better than Michael McFaul. Picture a youthful, energetic McFaul with a newly minted Ph.D. bounding into the suddenly post-Soviet space of the early 1990s, full of bright ideas about democracy and faith in the end of history. As McFaul himself puts it, 1991 \"was a glorious moment to be a democratic, liberal, capitalist, multilateralist, and American....I was treated like a rockstar.\"
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January 2026
Reason magazine
Robert Crumb's Roving Art and Life
IN THE SPRING of 1962, an 18-year-old Robert Crumb was beaned in the forehead by a solid glass ashtray. His mother, Bea, had hurled it at his father, Chuck, who ducked. Robert was bloodied and dazed, once again a silent and enraged witness to his family's chaos.”
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January 2026
Reason magazine
Bail Wars Are Back
THE LONG NATIONAL debate over cash bail reignited in summer 2025 after the White House issued an executive order in August threatening to pull federal funding from jurisdictions that allow cashless bail.
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January 2026
Reason magazine
REPUBLICAN SOCIALISM
THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION IS BUYING STAKES IN COMPANIES. THAT NEVER ENDS WELL.
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January 2026
Reason magazine
DHS Brings an Ugly Past Back to the Surface
WHEN THE U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) posted a single word—remigrate—on X in October 2025, it wasn't a vague message. A once neutral term dating back to the 17th century, meaning “to migrate back” or “to return,” remigration has evolved into a euphemism for forced deportation under the guise of policy. A government agency invoking it naturally sparked debate about this historically fraught concept.
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January 2026
Reason magazine
To the Socialists of All Parties
REASON HAS A rule against starting essays with quotes from Friedrich Hayek. After all, one could start nearly every essay in this magazine with a bon mot from the Austrian-born economist and classical liberal hero. But sometimes things get bad enough that only a Hayek quote will do.
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January 2026
Reason magazine
TRUMP IS DEPORTING ENTREPRENEURS
THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION'S MASS DEPORTATION EFFORT IS ROBBING THE U.S. OF IMMIGRANT BUSINESS OWNERS AND THEIR CONTRIBUTIONS.
9 min |
January 2026
Los Angeles Times
At a critical juncture, a trio of films uplift Palestinian voices
Amid war in Gaza, these movies that shine a light on the region's tumultuous history are vying for academy voters' attention
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November 20, 2025
Los Angeles Times
'Supreme' enthusiasm, tinge of doubt
Odessa A’zion is making her breakthrough starring opposite Timothée Chalamet in a Josh Safdie film. But she still doesn’t quite feel like she’s made it.
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November 20, 2025
Los Angeles Times
Exposing the folly of 'stand your ground' laws
How the senseless killing of a family friend led Geeta Gandbhir to make 'The Perfect Neighbor'
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November 20, 2025
Los Angeles Times
ANIMATED FEATURE
THIS YEAR, “DEMON SLAYER: INFINITY CASTLE” BECAME THE HIGHEST- grossing Japanese film ever and Chinese sequel “Ne Zha 2” became the highest-grossing animated film of all time — by a lot — but neither makes the top five from our panel. ¶ There is a cultural phenomenon at No. 1, though: “If you haven’t performed one song from ‘KPop Demon Hunters’ at a karaoke bar, you know someone who has,” says Glenn Whipp, picking up his microphone and soju: “Resistance is futile.” It’s the first-ever Netflix film to hit No. 1 in theaters and three of its songs made the Billboard Top 10, and its 325 million streams are the most in Netflix original history.
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November 20, 2025
Los Angeles Times
A leading role in fighting for accessible movie sets
'Wicked's' Marissa Bode and Inevitable Foundation work behind the scenes for more inclusive film shoots
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November 20, 2025
Los Angeles Times
Fire victims say a parks official blocked mop-up
State 'put plants over people' after Jan. 1 blaze in Palisades, lawyers allege.
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November 20, 2025
Los Angeles Times
Horror auteur's latest is mostly a 'Keeper'
Osgood Perkins keeps us guessing but gives no depth to this cabin in the woods tale.
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November 20, 2025
Los Angeles Times
In The Studio ... ... with NINA HOSS
NIA DACOSTA'S VIVACIOUS NEW ADAPTATION OF “Hedda Gabler,” starring Tessa Thompson as Ibsen’s intriguing society maven, is anything but fusty — and perhaps “Hedda’s” most delicious twist sees Nina Hoss take on a character the Norwegian master originally wrote as a man.
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November 20, 2025
Los Angeles Times
This show is so good it's scary
'Paranormal Activity' might be the year's top production — and not just for the jumps.
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November 20, 2025
Los Angeles Times
LAFD chief slams media
After two days in job, Moore shifts focus to what he says is effort to 'smear' firefighters.
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November 20, 2025
Los Angeles Times
Audit queries bring tumult
A financial deep dive roils the Palm Springs Art Museum as many board trustees bolt.
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November 20, 2025
Los Angeles Times
In Venice, a playful wild dolphin who just won't leave
Venice has been charmed by a recent visitor: an acrobatic wild dolphin. The feeling appears to be mutual - he so far refuses to leave - but proximity to humans has put him in danger.
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November 20, 2025
Los Angeles Times
NPR will get $36 million to operate public radio system
National Public Radio will receive approximately $36 million in grant money to operate the nation's public radio interconnection system under the terms of a court settlement with the federal government's steward of funding for public broadcasting stations.
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November 20, 2025
Los Angeles Times
Why do people cut Ghislaine Maxwell so much slack?
I HEARD ABOUT the special prison favors granted Ghislaine Maxwell while I was reading \"Nobody's Girl\" by Virginia Giuffre, one of her reported victims.
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November 20, 2025
Los Angeles Times
Loose wire tied to ship crash, bridge fall
The loss of electrical power from a loose wire caused a huge cargo ship to lose propulsion and steering before crashing into Baltimore's Francis Scott Key Bridge last year, causing it to collapse and kill six construction workers, National Transportation Safety Board officials said Tuesday.
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November 20, 2025
Los Angeles Times
D.A. investigates claims of sexual abuse fraud
Hochman says probe will target anyone who helped run alleged scheme to cheat $4-billion settlement
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November 20, 2025
Los Angeles Times
More trouble for Justice Dept. in Comey case
Prosecutors admit that most of the grand jury did not see a copy of the final indictment.
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